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Village
Earth Staff and Volunteers
Maurice
L. Albertson, Ph.D., P.E.
President
maury@villageearth.org
Office:
970-491-5754
For
over 50 years Maury has been Professor at
Colorado State University. He served as
Director of the Research Foundation, Director
of International Programs and Professor
of Civil Engineering. His professional fields
are environmental engineering, the hydrogen
economy, water resources engineering, irrigation
engineering, hydropower engineering, low-cost
and low-energy sustainable wastewater treatment,
constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment,
and international development, specializing
in sustainable village-based development.
As
co-founder of the Peace Corps, he has served
as a consultant to the World Bank, the UNDP,
AID, UNESCO, the Peace Corps and other agencies
on projects and programs dealing with environmental
engineering, water and sanitation, water
resource development, on-farm water management,
appropriate technology, village development,
small industry development, and research
and education. His list of honors include:
American Society of Civil Engineers, J.
C. Stevens Award, Emil Hilgard Prize, Croes
Medal, Colo. State Univ. Centennial Professor
and Public Service Award, Peshawar Univ.
of Pakistan Honorary Doctor of Laws, Asian
Institute of Technology Honorary Doctor
of Technology, Honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters, Lowell Univ.; Colorado Governor’s
Award of Merit for Science and Technology,
National Society of Professional Engineers
Engineer of the Year, Iowa State Univ. Professional
Achievement Award. Dr. Albertson has published
more than 200 publications.
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Mark Horowitz
Executive Director
mark@villageearth.org
Office:
970-491-5754
Mark Horowitz, Executive Director, has a B.A. in
Government from Cornell University and an M.A. in
Government from American University. He was a Peace
Corps volunteer in the Philippines, teaching English
and Southeast Asian Government and History. For 27
years, he pursued a career in local government
management. He was Assistant to the City Manager in
Falls Church, Virginia and Alexandria, Virginia, and
was Deputy Director of the Department of Human
Services in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Miriam
Shinn, M.S.
Director of Training Programs
mimi@villageearth.org
Office: 970-491-5754
Miriam
(Mimi) has worked in the field of community
and village development for over 30 years. She received her M.S. in Agricultural Economics. She
has worked has worked with and lived as
a community facilitator in India, Australia,
and Africa. Her specialty is group facilitation,
women in development, communication for
development, and micro-finance. |
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David
Bartecchi, M.A.
Director of Program Development
david@villageearth.org
Office:
970-491-0633
Dave received his M.A. in Cultural Anthropology
from Colorado State University and is currently
working on a Ph.D. in Sociology. David has worked with Village Earth since 1998 as a volunteer, trainer, and project director. He teaches online courses in Approaches to Community Development, Community Mobilization and Organization, Community Capacity Building and Community-based Mapping for the International Institute for Sustainable Development at CSU. He has been an instrumental part of several research projects with CSU's Department of Anthropology including a 6 year longitudinal study of the informal economy on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota funded by the National Science Foundation, a survey of farmers and ranchers participating in the National Conservation Reserve Program conducted by CSU's Natural Resource Ecology Lab and funded by the USDA, and community-based censuses on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations in South Dakota. |
George
Stetson, M.A.
Latin
America Project Coordinator
gstetson@lamar.colostate.edu
Office: 970-491-5754
Ph.D.
Candidate in Political Science: Colorado
State University (CSU); M.A. in Political
Science: University of the Andes (Mérida,
Venezuela); B.A. in Political Science: University
of Arizona; Short Course on Participatory
Practices for Sustainable Village-Based
Development: International Institute for
Sustainable Development, CSU.
Previous
Positions
- Director
of Educational Community Center, Fe y
Alegría, Loma de los Maitines squatter
village, Mérida, Venezuela, 1997-2001
- Regional
and Local Project Manager, participatory
development project, Fe y Alegria, Venezuela
- National
Housing Council, 1999-2001
- Researcher,
University of the Andes (Regional Integration
Group), subjects poverty, social policy,
democracy
Areas
of expertise
Sustainable
development, Latin America Politics, Participatory
development methodologies in Venezuelan
Squatter Villages, Grassroots Ecosystem
Management
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Ralf
Kracke-Berndorff, M.A.
Media Project Coordinator
ralf@villageearth.org
Office:
970-484-1360
Ralf has extensive experience using community-based documentary film as a tool for community empowerment. Ralf has worked on the Pine Ridge Reservation and with indigenous Shipibo and Zapara communities in Peru. |
Henry
Red Cloud
Pine Ridge Project Coordinator
henry@villageearth.org |
Kristina
Pearson, M.A.
Program Coordinator
kristina@villageearth.org
Office:
970-491-5754
Kristina received her M.A. in International Development from Colorado State University. Kristina has experience with small island community development in the South Pacific and is currently working with indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon. Kristina has worked with Village Earth since 2004. She also helps to facilitate courses with the International Institute for Sustainable Development. |
Diane Carr, B.A.
Communications Coordinator
diane@villageearth.org
Office: 970-491-7189
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Christine Wheatley, M.A.
Program Coordinator
christine@villageearth.org
Office: 970-491-7189
Christine received her M.A. in Sociology from Colorado State University. Christine has experience working in rural Mexico and indigenous community governance. |
VOLUNTEERS |
| Alisa Sharagofsky |
| Erinn Chriswell |
| Chris Anderson |
| Kate Steenrod |
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